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In a patent case regarding infant play yard arches, an Illinois district court this week excluded the royalty opinion of plaintiff’s damages expert because his royalty rate “might have been picked out of a hat.” In Kolcraft v. Chicco, plaintiff’s expert first estimated a baseline royalty of 7.7% of sales, then adjusted it upward to 8% based on the …LEARN MORE

For clients and counsel (either plaintiffs or defendants) that are considering possible lost profits claims in their IP litigation, we’ve put together a short primer to get you started. The download link is below. As we cover in this paper, both plaintiffs and defendants are increasingly focusing more attention to damages nearer the outset of litigation. This paper covers the legal framework and key cases, as well as the basics of quantifying the damages.

As always, contact us for more information or to see how we might assist your case.

In Exmark v. Briggs & Stratton, the Federal Circuit added to the pool of cases dealing with royalty apportionment, ruling that even though apportionment was required in the reasonable royalty determination, the apportionment could be done on the royalty rate, instead of the base, mainly because the patent claims refer to the broader product. …LEARN MORE

In Acantha v. DePuy, a patent case dealing with spinal implant orthopedic devices, a Wisconsin district court judge excluded what seems to be the bulk of the reasonable royalty opinions of Plaintiff’s damages expert. The court ruled that (1) the main basis for the expert’s proposed royalty rate improperly includes royalties paid to a licensee that is not a party …LEARN MORE

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